Entering the PIN for a SIM card

halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 8 15:13:19 CEST 2009


Yes, and nothing happened.
Then I tried to double-tap on the assembled digits, and that
worked...



--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Johny Tenfinger <seba.dos1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Johny Tenfinger <seba.dos1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Entering the PIN for a SIM card
> To: halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com, "Support for Openmoko Device Owners" <support at lists.openmoko.org>
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 2:29 PM
> Did you try to click on assembled digits? ;>
> 
> 2009/4/8, halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com
> <halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com>:
> > I loaded the SD chip and the SIM card into my Openmoko
> as described
> > on the "Getting Started with your Neo
> FreeRunner" page.
> > I inserted the battery, closed the case and plugged it
> into the
> > charger.
> >
> > It booted to the GUI (a few icons), then the screen
> went black after
> > a couple of minutes.
> >
> > I pressed the power button, and can see text on the
> screen:
> >
> > "Please enter the needed PIN.
> > SIM Pin:___________"
> >
> > I'm using a prepaid SIM card from Co-op
> Switzerland. I have
> > the PIN. But how do I enter it?
> > In the lower half of the screen are lower-case
> letters. By experimenting,
> > I find I can get upper-case letters, or digits or
> special
> > characters, by stroking the screen with the stylus.
> > I can touch numbers with the stylus and thus compose a
> 4-digit
> > number - in the lower half of the screen.
> > But how do I enter it into the dialog box for the PIN?
> which
> > is in the upper half or the screen?????
> >
> > A photo showing the screen is attached. There is no
> obvious way
> > to get the assembled 4 digits into the required box.
> >
> >



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